Muddy Mountain Road Opens May 30

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Casper Field Office announced today that Muddy Mountain Road will open Friday May 30 at noon.

“There are still some areas that are wet and muddy due to melting snow,” noted Assistant Field Manager, Rhen Etzelmiller. “We are asking the public to use caution when traveling on the mountain to prevent resource damage.”

Muddy Mountain road is closed on an annual basis for public safety and resource protection. The closure normally runs from the end of November through the beginning of June.

Muddy Mountain Road is the primary access route to the Muddy Mountain Environmental Education Area, which includes two campgrounds and numerous recreation trails.

For more information please call the BLM office at (307) 261-7600.

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2014, the BLM generated $5.2 billion in receipts from public lands.